Prophecies always come true.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 131398

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wrote:

Bonnie:
> I think we were discussing this a while back.  Didn't someone 
mention 
> Macbeth.  I like the theory that prophecies always do come true, 
but 
> that they are generally misunderstood.  As has been mentioned, they 
> are worded so vaguely.  We don't even know if we've heard the whole 
> version yet.  Except for Trelawney's predictions that Harry would 
> die, some of her "insights' actually do come true in a way.  For 
> example, when she sees the Grim in POA.  Maybe it wasn't the Grim 
at 
> all, it was Sirius and she misinterpreted it.  
> 
> When we hear a Prophecy we immediately put our own interpretation 
on 
> it, when in reality it may be about something else entirely that we 
> would never have guessed.
> 
> For example, "neither can live while the other survives".  Does 
that 
> mean in a literal "live or die" sense, or is it in a "live life to 
> its fullest" sense.  I bet we will be surprised.  IMO Harry should 
do 
> what he feels is right and disregard the prophecy.  In the long run 
> that may fulfill it more than we could guess.

Geoff:
I raised the question of prophecy parallels with Macbeth. If you want 
to refer to them again, the message numbers were 128332 and 129132.